Prenatal opioid exposure alters pain perception and increases long-term health risks in infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome

BackgroundOpioids are often prescribed for pain relief, yet they pose risks such as addiction, dependence, and overdose. Pregnant women have unique vulnerabilities to opioids and infants born to opioid-exposed mothers could develop neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). The study of opioid-indu...

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Main Authors:	Uppala Radhakrishna, Rupa Radhakrishnan, Lavanya V. Uppala, Tithi S. Trivedi, Jignesh Prajapati, Rakesh M. Rawal, Srinivas B. Muvvala, Ray O. Bahado-Singh, Senthilkumar Sadhasivam
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
Series:	Frontiers in Pain Research
Subjects:	pain biomarker opioid use epigenetics DNA methylation neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2025.1497801/full
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Prenatal opioid exposure alters pain perception and increases long-term health risks in infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome

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